~ Hearthstone ~ (Blizzard's free-to-play online collectible card game for your computer)

I play this a lot, what's anybody's battletag

anyone (still) playing this? I'm well and truly hooked.

Yeah. I'm terrible and my peak on the ladder is like 15, even though I probably have the material to build metagamey decks. I just like building gimmicky decks full of murlocs and occasionally having them work.

I was obsessed for a couple months this summer, getting up to level 5 at one point and then abruptly stopped and haven't returned since. It doesn't command my attention the way Magic: The Gathering does. I got tired of seeing the same few decks over and over.

I have the ridic gamer name of DireRaven if you want to add me. Perhaps I should give MTG a go, I get the feeling that might be another rabbit hole though

Do it!

You need to give the part of your battletag with the numbers to add people. Eg I am silby#1606 (I think) and you should add me.

I would play Magic but then I would have to play Magic with people who play Magic, about whom I have negative stereotypes. Hearthstone I don't have to leave home or talk to teenagers.

will try and sort that out later. Finally I will be able to do that quest where you have to watch another player's battle, in a creepily voyeuristic way!

omg you guys!

http://www.themarysue.com/ay-bb-fireside-and-chill/

silby you live in magic Mecca you should probably play magic

I'd also add that there are lots of very nice people who play Magic and also post to this board

https://www.hearthstonetopdecks.com/blitzchung-removed-from-grandmasters-over-a-controversial-hong-kong-interview-and-banned-from-competing-for-a-year-casters-fired/

https://i.imgur.com/GMDUqJJ.jpg

Not gonna lie boys, as someone who used to cast exclusively Blizzard games, I'm all set on 'em now. It helps their games haven't been all that great in recent times.

Kinda stoked Bungie took Destiny off the Blizzard launcher tho, because I just started playing that and I'm really enjoying it.

lol Go American University, finally a local sports team I want to root for

https://kotaku.com/college-hearthstone-players-hold-up-free-hong-kong-bo-1838896492

http://bmkgaming.com/statement-on-blitzchung/

Anyone who pays attention to my social media feeds knows that I am not someone who shies away from politics. I am frequently quite vocal about my views about what’s going on in the United States. I have kept a deck titled “Election 2016” in my collection for the past three years, full of cards like Corruption, DOOM, and Validated Doomsayer. I would rather risk alienating those who disagree with me rather than stay silent on matters I consider important.

damn dude

That starts rough (sounding a bit like the rule-sticklers who think that a punishment was justified), but he makes the right call in the end. I don't know why he doesn't mention the casters who were fired as well.

Props to Kibler, he seems like a genuinely good dude, and I'm sure this wasn't an easy decision to make.

same Brian Kibler who was a big time Magic player back in the day? good for him, always seemed like one of the few likeable dudes in that scene

I know nothing of these games but this effort rules

xp

Yep, his move to Hearthstone was a big boon to his career these last few years, so this is not an insignificant gesture for him.

I'm all set on 'em now

I may have never seen this phrase before - I'd have read it as very positive towards them, but, uh, I guess not?

"I'm all set," as you might say to a server who comes to bus your empty dishes.

I don't follow games dev drama because ugh, but I assume it's the right time for me to delete this not-much-played app from my iPad?